Much of what we do every day is motivated by a fear of death. This is a well established psychological fact (supported by over 500 studies), yet ironically f

Much of what we do every day is motivated by a fear of death. This is a well established psychological fact (supported by over 500 studies), yet ironically few are aware of it. It goes by the name of "Terror Management Theory" and a decent review is here: https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.160/Psychologie/Sozialpsychologie/19_Greenberg_Arndt_Terror_Management_Theory.pdf https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/iui.inst.16... Interesting to note how difficult it was for them to get their idea taken seriously. Let that teach us to beware over-valuing our contemporaries opinions. Note: a more recent review that's harder to get full text is here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215091914000042 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215091914...